So, Joe Bonamassa has a...

[Dmoney]

oh it sounds like Broken, no doubt, and a million other songs that use that descending pentatonic shape. However, the widdly bit is fun to play. More fun than playing most of Broken in your living room and I'm a much bigger Pantera fan than a JB fan. It kind of gets on my nerves that Dime's name is still being used to sell stuff he obviously has had nothing to do with.

[Tellboy]

Got mixed feelings about Joe - he seems to be endorsing everything under the sun and often comes over as arrogant both on and off stage.

Then I come across some of his work on YouTube and think .. well perhaps I can put up with all that cr@p if he plays like this .... like some of his material with Beth Hart and some of his earlier stuff with Eric Czar on bass  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PGOP9J1uAg

[xXNicFlairXx]

Here's my strap.
Nuff said.

[Dave Sloven]

A 'Pulp Fiction' fan I see ...

[Copperhead]

... like some of his material with Beth Hart and some of his earlier stuff with Eric Czar on bass  -

That whole Rockpalast DVD is filled with gems. Clearly the pinnacle of his work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUyA1_NGNI4

I loved Joe's tones on that Gigliotti Tele and his gold sparkle Strat but he's since dumped all things Fender.
I mean his LP sounds great but......

Eric Czar blew my mind just like Stu Hamm did when I saw him with Satriani.

[Lew]

I much prefer him with a LesPaul than with a Strat. With a Strat he's just another guy doing the whole post SRV thing which leaves me dead. Don't get me wrong - I was (like most) obsessed with SRV in my teens :D Not keen on him with a LesPaul either, mind - he's some weird amalgamation of Eric Johnson and Beano Clapton.

[itamar101]

I much prefer him with a LesPaul than with a Strat. With a Strat he's just another guy doing the whole post SRV thing which leaves me dead. Don't get me wrong - I was (like most) obsessed with SRV in my teens :D Not keen on him with a LesPaul either, mind - he's some weird amalgamation of Eric Johnson and Beano Clapton.

+1. Totally agree. I far prefer him with a les paul.

[Telerocker]

Lately I watched a recordingvideo. I must admit he played some great licks. Good tones from his Les Paul too.

[Philly Q]

I saw a documentary about him when he was a chubby little 12 or 13 year old child guitar prodigy.  He was playing a Strat then - a '54 hardtail!

[Tellboy]

- he's some weird amalgamation of Eric Johnson and Beano Clapton.

Yes - I think that's a pretty accurate description. I've also noticed exact Peter Green, Paul Kossoff and Jeff Beck licks in some of his playing which I suppose is not surprising as he openly admits his main influences were Brit rock/blues players and not black/American players.

[Lew]

- he's some weird amalgamation of Eric Johnson and Beano Clapton.

Yes - I think that's a pretty accurate description. I've also noticed exact Peter Green, Paul Kossoff and Jeff Beck licks in some of his playing which I suppose is not surprising as he openly admits his main influences were Brit rock/blues players and not black/American players.

Yea, he's a master at sounding like everyone except himself.

I saw a documentary about him when he was a chubby little 12 or 13 year old child guitar prodigy.  He was playing a Strat then - a '54 hardtail!

Yea, I've seen that. I'm pretty sure he comes from alot of money and is a cultivated 'career bluesman'. He and John Mayer can go suck each others dick as far as I'm concerned  :lol: they got dem white boy bluez

Great tone, though ;-p